ingress
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Definition of ingress
1 : the act of entering : entrance the seal prevents ingress of moisture
2 : the power or liberty of entrance or access an area with restricted ingress
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Synonyms
access, accession, admission, admittance, door, doorway, entrance, entrée (or entree), entry, gateway, key, passport, ticket
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Second row slides forward for easy third-row ingress, and lays flat for a full flat floor for transporting folding tables and chairs, and a pinata or two. — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, "2018 Nissan Armada review: The beauty of this beast is value," 11 Apr. 2018 Various other complaints have been logged for the difficult ingress and egress due to the Pro-4X’s lack of side steps, the poor resolution of the rearview camera, and for how easily the central touchscreen washes out in direct sunlight. — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, "2016 Nissan Titan XD Diesel," 15 Feb. 2018 Not only will traffic be maintained, but also ingress and egress to residents' driveways. — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Westlake 2018 construction projects getting under way," 12 Feb. 2018 This north-south drive connects with the ingress/egress access of the large parking field connected to Brookfield Square Drive on the south end of the mall, according to documents filed with the city. — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Outback Steakhouse plans move to Brookfield Square," 13 June 2018 Instead, [North] said, schools should look at fortifying their campuses, considering ingress and egress points and people’s ability to enter buildings carrying weapons. ... — James Hohmann, Washington Post, "The Daily 202: Hillary Clinton warns of ‘a full-fledged crisis in our democracy’ at Yale," 21 May 2018 The wreckage has made access a challenge, too, although varying points of ingress have been established for each PCV. — William Steel, Ars Technica, "Remediating Fukushima—“When everything goes to hell, you go back to basics”," 11 May 2018 Why aren't all side entrances locked against unauthorized ingress and alarmed for emergency egress? — Mark Somerville, Anchorage Daily News, "I’m a gun owner and willing to talk about gun violence in schools. I don’t think we have a ‘gun problem.’," 12 Mar. 2018 And, so, ingress and egress off the plane ... that's all decisions all made by our (security) detail team, by the chief of staff, by the administration. — Carl Weiser, Cincinnati.com, "Trump EPA director Scott Pruitt took $36,000 flight from Cincinnati to New York," 15 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ingress.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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ingress
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English Language Learners Definition of ingress
: a way to enter a place or the act of entering a place
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ingress
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Legal Definition of ingress
1 : the act of entering
2 : the power or liberty of access — compare egress
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